Four Legged Heroes: Togo & Balto

In January of 1925, sled dogs rush desperately needed serum to stop an epidemic in Nome Alaska. Balto guides his team through a blinding storm the final 80 miles to save 27 stricken with Diptheria.

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Education

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• balto
• togo
• serum
• nome
• alaska
• sled dogs
• huskies
• seppala
• kassan

[DFDavid21]

THANK YOU TOGO!! Anyone knows the REAL story knows that Togo traveled damn near 3 times what any of the other sled dogs did.

TOGO IS THE REAL HERO!!!

[COSMOTOPPER777]

@DFDavid21 How about the five dogs who died of burst lungs getting the serum to Togo...maybe they were the real heroes?

[lestatpop]

i cry watch this Balto save Nome Alaska

[COSMOTOPPER777]

@lestatpop Dogs hold in their hearts all the best qualities of human beings, while untarnished by the ugly ones. I think we need them more than they need us.

[TameWolf03]

Just an unbelievable story. Indeed, Balto, Togo, and everyone else that was involved in this relay are heroes to me. God bless them all

[oneputtsteven]

This a truly amazing story that we must never forget! Balto, Togo, Blackie, Fritz and all the mushers, we will never forget you! All Dogs truly are heros

[tofikland]

kocham balto:-) love balto love love

[bradleyii]

Everyone only talks about the dogs being heros but the people with those dogs went through it too.

[petis1976]

@DFDavid21 The fact that Togo and Sepela nearly killed everyone by going over the sound proves they could just as easily been the goat. Sepela also owned Balto and believed Balto was nothing more that a decent wheel dog and left him behind.Cassin had used Balto on his teams before and knew how strong Balto really was.Sepela also only traveled as far as he did because he believed he was the only musher racing from the half way point to nome, once again proving he was a dick!

[yamiatemyugi]

Ed but true, balto saved 27 people (meanly children) from diieing, (sorry bout the spelling).

[lilmissgrusome]

every one of those dogs were heros

[DocWyoming]

@DFDavid21 There's no reason to tear down the other dogs in order to raise Togo up. There were and are many good dogs. Balto was one too.

[randyman2u]

@Eg1l All I know was what was reported in the episode by the History channel. The narrator stated that "five dogs died from burst lungs" along the way.

I didn't make this post to single out "the real hero", more to point out that selflessness and fearless determination are the defining characteristics of those remarkable creatures we call 'Dogs', without who's help, our lives would be much more dreary and difficult.

[findurak]

@DFDavid21 The mushers were the heroes.

[Eg1l]

@COSMOTOPPER777 Togo = Lead dog for Seppala if you didn't know, Seppala and Kaasen delivered it and no-one died of burst lungs wtf. Togo is the real hero, Kaasen finished it and got a lot of attention by it. Balto wasn't the dog that did most of it, Togo did the most. But both dogs were the real heroes, Seppala and Kaasen too.